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Star Giveaways. Giveaways in groups and channels now support Telegram Stars – which winners can spend on paid media, subscriptions and mini apps.

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Instant View for Telegram Browser. Any site you open in the Telegram Browser can be converted to Instant View – optimizing articles into a lightweight layout.

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Mini App Improvements. Mini apps received several improvements, making them smoother and more responsive.

Developers can now display two buttons at a time in their app, in multiple orientations or with a shimmer effect.

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Due to the recent events in the Middle East, particularly in Israel, Lebanon, and Iran, Telegram experienced unprecedented loads. In the past few days, some users may have faced temporary connection issues and difficulties accessing media. Thanks to our technical team's efforts, Telegram remained available in most countries, and all issues are now fully resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Gifts. Users can now send gifts to each other – celebrating holidays and achievements with animated artwork and custom messages.

Gifts are purchased with Telegram Stars – recipients can choose to display gifts on their profile or convert them back to Stars for their own balance.

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Verification Platform. Any business, app or website can now use Telegram to send verification codes to their users – for just $0.01 per message.

Telegram codes are also faster, more secure and more reliable than other alternatives.

Interested developers can learn more in our detailed guide.

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Improved Reporting Interface. The reporting menu has been expanded with detailed options for each category.

The list of reporting reasons can now update dynamically – further improving reports for moderators and helping scale Telegram's AI moderation tools.

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RTMP Streams on Android. Telegram for Android now supports livestreaming with RTMP.

This allows users to generate a stream key and connect the video feed to popular apps.

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Faster Video Loading, Better Quality. Videos uploaded in large channels are now optimized to offer multiple quality settings.

When watching these videos, a quality level is automatically selected based on your connection.

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Adjust Video Speed. You can quickly speed up playback for videos by holding down on the right side of the screen – sliding right gradually increases the speed up to 2.5x.

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Chat-Specific Hashtags. Groups and channels can use the new format #hashtag@username for hashtags – which only show posts and stories from the same chat when tapped.

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Last Edit Timestamps. Edited messages now show a timestamp, displaying when the message was last edited.

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Revenue Sharing for Developers. Bots and mini apps are now able to participate in revenue sharing from Telegram Ads – giving services another way to help support their development.

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For all the features from the latest update, including adding media to sent messages, increased limits for bots and much more – check out our blog:

https://telegram.org/blog/dynamic-video-quality-and-more

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